Biden commutes life sentence of Leonard Peltier, Native American activist imprisoned for almost 50 years
President Joe Biden, in one of his final acts as president Monday, commuted the life sentence imposed on high-profile federal prisoner and Native American rights activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and escaping from federal prison.
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Biden commutes sentence for Leonard Peltier
With just moments left before he leaves office, President Joe Biden commuted the sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents and is ...CBS News - 2h -
Biden commutes sentence of Native American activist Leonard Peltier
President Biden on Monday commuted the life sentence of activist Leonard Peltier, who was controversially convicted of murdering two FBI agents, within the final hour of his presidency. "The ...The Hill - 4h -
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Navalny Lawyers Sentenced to Years in Prison
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Biden sets presidential pardons, commutations record with alost 2,500 more
President Biden says he's commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. That gives him the presidential record for most individual pardons and commutations ...CBS News - 3d -
Joe Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders
Total number of pardons and commutations issued by US president is now higher than any of his predecessors. Joe Biden , who leaves office next week, announced on Friday he was commuting the ...The Guardian - 3d -
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Biden sets pardons and commutations record with new clemency for nonviolent drug offenders
The president said that with Friday's action he has "now issued more individual pardons and commutations than any president in U.S. history."NBC News - 3d -
Biden commutes the sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders
President Biden on Friday announced he would commute the sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted of non-violent drug offenses as one of his last major moves just days before leaving office. ...The Hill - 3d -
'One of the great tragedies of American politics': Biden ends 5 decades in public life
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David Moyes returns as Everton manager after almost 12 years away
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Americans Are Tipping Less Than They Have in Years
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Biden eulogizes ‘great American’ Jimmy Carter
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Two death row inmates reject Joe Biden’s commutations
The men are seeking to block the commutations, saying they would disadvantage their ongoing legal appeals. Two of the 37 federal prisoners whose death sentences were commuted to life in prison ...The Guardian - Jan. 7 -
Trump tries to block Jack Smith report and inmates reject Biden commutation: Morning Rundown
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Two death row inmates reject Biden's commutation of their life sentences
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Biden Warns Americans Not to Forget the Jan. 6 Attack
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Americans celebrate the life of former President Jimmy Carter
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Jeff Bezos says everything on Earth is better than it was 50 years ago—except for 1 thing
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Climate group calls for Biden to pardon activists for museum demonstrations
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U.S. Steel stock tumbles to almost half of what Nippon Steel offered after Biden rejection
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North Carolina Gov Cooper commutes sentences of 15 death row inmates on final day in office
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